Conditions in Myanmar’s jails are dire for all inmates, but human rights organisations say political prisoners suffer more abuses – including medical neglect that often has deadly consequences.
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Conditions in Myanmar’s jails are dire for all inmates, but human rights organisations say political prisoners suffer more abuses – including medical neglect that often has deadly consequences.
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Young people and their families are seeking any way they can to evade the Myanmar military’s conscription drive – sometimes with the help of sympathetic local administrators.
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The United States claimed it foiled a plot by an alleged Yakuza boss to sell weapons-grade plutonium sourced by an ethnic armed group in Myanmar, but experts say the story doesn’t add up.
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Deep in the heart of the forests of Myanmar, a massive trade in illicit charcoal to neighbouring China is feeding a multi-million dollar industry.
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Important voices in the discussion over gender equality – the views of men – are too often being left out of the conversation in Myanmar.
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The Rakhine crisis has put the Tatmadaw under the spotlight but there’s a danger that targeted sanctions against its leaders could have extreme consequences.
The identity of the mysterious motorcycling foreigner continues to elude police six months after his appearance on the streets of Yangon.
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